First off I want it on record that I don't hate the US, or it's people, and that the argument below is not indicative of what I imagine the vast majority of it's citizens are like.
From what I've seen in the past there is/or was a pro war country, mostly because America was riding off it's success in the early 90s, as both an independent force and as part of NATO, in addition to being attacked by a foreign power on it's own soil for the first time in decades. As such I can understand some of the attitude I have, although I can assume mistakes in Iraq, and costly action in Afghanistan have at least made the average US citizen think about the consequences of fighting. That said there is a view some Americans have, about their nations superiority and importance to world security (which while backed up by evidence in some cases) usually boils down to the following argument.
@deadwill_260said:
Sure we get in wars but we do so much more hen that. Sory for protecting you rest of the word but if we were peaceful you would all kill each other.
I've seen quite a few people make this (or similar) statements before, with them trying to convince everyone Europe would be constantly at war without American supervision. My response to them is to name the countries who (in 2014) were the most peaceful; Iceland, Denmark, Austria, New Zealand, Switzerland, Finland, Canada, Japan, Belgium, and Norway - The majority of whom are in Europe. The fact that the United States isn't even in the top 100 peaceful nations in the world really speaks louder than the argument some Americans have made about wars in Europe.
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